The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

Earl De Grey and Ripon on the Danish War and Taxation. On Friday the Ripon and Clare Agricultural Society held their first public dinner in the Town hall, Ripon, after which the toast of" Her Majesty's Ministers" was drunk with cheers, on the proposal of Mr Lysaght. Earl DE GREY and Ripon, who occupied the chair as president of the society, responded to that toast, and in doing so said he was sure that upon such occasions it was quite out of order, and it was quite right that it should be so, that they should talk politics. But he recollected a saying of his noble friend at the head of the Government, which he might be permitted to quote in regard to this toast, which was very apposite to what had fallen from Mr Lysaght. On one occasion, when the Premier had to return thanks for the same toast in an assem bly containing men of all parties, he assured those who differed from him that they might moat con scientiously and honestly drink the health of her Ma jesty's Ministers, inasmuch as the best thing which could happen to their physical health would be their being turned oat of office. (Laughter), Bat he (the chairman) would let his friends take it whichever way they would, and whatever might be the party differences which existed, and always did exist in every free country, and without which a free Con stitution could not be worked, he believed he should not misinterpret the spirit in which this toast had been received if he went so far as to express a hope that he might conceive it to imply that those present did not disapprove the main principles which had guided the general conduct of her Majesty's Govern. meat in the administration of the affairs of the coun try. (Hear.) The task which they had had before them during the past twelve months had been one of no ordinary difficulty, and one which it would be easily believed had caused them no ordinary anxiety. (Hear.) They saw going on in Europe an attempt which they held to be unjustifiable and violent to invade the rights of a small nation on the part of certain of the great Powers of Europe for objects of which they could not approve, and in a cause with which they could feel no sympathy. They were en titled to lift up their voices in common with the other great Powers of Europe who were not belli gerents in the quarrel, and freely to express their opinions upon the questions at issue. They did so, but they were not bound—this country was not bound—by any treaty engagement which rendered it a point of honour with them to engage in the quarrel on the part of Danmark. If that had been so, her Majesty's present Government would not have hesitated for a moment—no Government that could exist in this country would have hesitated at once to draw the sword in any quarrel in which the honour and good faith of England were engaged. (Hear.) Bat the treaty to which England was a party was one to which other great Powers of Europe were parties also, and it was right, it was wise, he thought, on the part of prudent men that they should endeavour to go hand in hand with the other Powers. They were not called on by any special obligation to engage single-hunled in a contest.in which others were as much interested as the English Government, and although they made known their sympathies— although they did not hesitate to assure the other great Powers that they were prepared to co-operate with them in any measures they might mutually agree upon, yet they did not feel they should be jus tified in involving this country in the enormous evils of war, when they found France and Russia unpre pared to drive matters to that extremity, and un. willing to follow them in that path. (Hear, hear.) He believed that in the course the Government then took—that was to say, in the efforts they made for the preservation of peace, and in their determine. tion not to bring war upon this country, they were supported by the great body of the people of every shade of opinion. (Cheers.) The task, es he had said, was a difficult one. They used every endeavour in their power at first to avert the outbreak of war in Europe, knowing well to what enormous exten sion such a war might possibly attain, and when it did break out they need every endeavour to bring that war to a termination. It was quite true those efforts made at the Conference in London were uot successful, but it was no easy task, as all must know, in private life to bring to reasonable terms two per sons involved in hot quarrel, the one having on his side the weight of power and wealth, and numbers and great population at his back ; the other having a strong and embittered feeling of injustice, coca. bleed with weakness. (Hear, hear.) Welt., then, he said, they did well, and he thought it was their right and their duty to make every effort they could on the part of England to put a stop to the effusion of blood, while at the same time the Government bad had, as he had already said, the support of the country in not having involved the nation in war, and in not having run the risk of extending those hostilities throughout the length and breadth of Europe. (Hear.) And he believed that that course— a firm desire to maintain this country at peace—a determination to uphold its honour, to fulfil all its obligations, and at the same time not to rush hastily into quarrels if they could possibly avoid it, and bring upon the country the evils of war,—he be lieved such a policy was one which would receive, and ought to receive, the approval of such an assem bly as the one ho was addressing. They who were engaged in the pursuits of agriculture must feel that the maintenance of peace was of the first im portance to a country like England—to a country i n w hich industry of every description, agricultu ral and manufacturing, was spreading every day, and in which that industry was more and more in dependent upon that most delicate instrument which was called " credit," which shut up at the first breath of war, and which when it did shut up brought wide-spread ruin, not only upon manu facturing, but upon agricultural industry also. Such, then, was the policy which had guided her Majesty's Government in those difficult foreign questions with which they had bad to deal during the present year. It had been their policy from the commencement— in the Italian question, in the American question ; and now again in this Danish question they had laboured to keep the country out of war, and at the same time they had never failed to uphold, as he believed, their honour whenever it was needed. With respect to domestic affiirs there was not much in these days which could be said in regard to the duties of the Government in relation to agriculture. There was a time when men believed that the Go vernment had the means of greatly promoting the prosperity of agriculture, and when every one engaged in that pursuit was inclined to lean upon the broken reed of protection. Prophecies were made, when protection was abandoned, of the ruin that was coming upon the agricultural interest and of the ruin which would come after wards upon the country at large. Those pro phecies had all proved futile. Facts had proved stronger than theories; the advance of years had dispelled the dreams of false prophets; and there were now few who did not believe that in agri culture, as in every other branch of industry, that which the Government could best do was to strike off shackles and remove fetters, aad that which those engaged in agricultural pursuits could best do was steadfastly to rely upon themselves. Well, then, as he had said, it was little in those days that Government could do for agriculture and for trade. His friend the Rev. Mr. Powell (a previous speaker) had spoken upon the unpleasant subjea of taxation and had alluded in terms which he (:he chairman) supposed were very true, but perhaps would not have been very pleasant if he had been present, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and not alone to his right hon. friend, Mr. Gladstone, but to any one who filled that powerful o ffi ce—but he (t he chairman) was bound at the same time to say that the insatiable desire for a sufficient amennt of. tax htiol to meet the demands of the country which he found in his right hon. friend had been truly de scribed by Mr. Pawell. His right hon. friend had put his hand very largely th ind ee d into his (the eh airnaan't<) poevt, liked, but ho hurl felt, es more 1 irgely than he ch Mr. Powell had felt, and as all must feel if they d c ,i red to see tho country groat—if they drank with enthusiasm The Health of the Army and Navy "—if th e y &liked to see the flag of England maintained untarnished and its reputation unsullied, they must be prepared to pay for it. (Hear, hear.) But ho believed —and the story of the last fet years was there to prove it— that there was few, if any, men in this country who were not prepared to pay the price of national honour and national security. (Hear.) Her Majesty's Government had shown, under the chiefshi p of his noble friend Lord Palmerston, whose name would go down to posterity connected more than any other man with the national defence of England—that Government had shown their determination to place those defences on a satisfactory footing. But, on the other hand, this he could say, that her Ma jesty's Government were as anxious as any men in the country to bring the expenditure of the country within the narrowest limits consistently with the requirements of the public service ; and by that means to effect every reduction of taxation that might be legitimately possible. Although his right hon. friend, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, would have the money which was needed for the public service, there was no man in the country, he would undertake to say, who was more zealous than he in the cause of financial reform. But it must be borne in mind that we have a vast empire extending into every quarter of the globe, and that our ships are in every port, and our commerce is upon every sea, and if he did not misinterpet the feelings of this country, though sometimes there was grumbling at the cost of colonial expenditure and naval armaments, that they were not prepared to abandon their colonies, nor give up their com merce. If they were not prepared for that, and if they wished to remain a great nation spreading their arms unto every part of the world, and enfold ing the globe within them, they must be prepared to bear the various burdens and discharge the various duties of that great position. (Cheers.) Several other toasts and speeches followed include ing that of the "Borough Members," which was acknowledged by Mr Greenwood, M.P. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark. {_From the Times' Special Correspondent.) COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. Yesterday morning there was a grand hunt in the Deer-park attached to the Castle of Bernstorff, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was very successful in - his shooting. Among the results of the morning's work were too deer with long branching antlers, called in the Dani&h " kingly deer," and one of a smaller size, all three falling to the gun of his Royal Highness. It is said to be his intention to send one, if not both, of the larger deer to England to be stuffed, as trophies of the occasion. In Copenhagen the public occupied itself gene rally in making acquaintance with the Osborne, which had been moored up the river to :a position almost in the centre of the town. The Royal yach was freely thrown open to visitors, who expressed the greatest interest in all the arrangements on board, as well as gratitude for the extreme courtesy shown to them by the officers and crew. Next to the apartments of the Prince and Princess, which were always inquired for in the first instance, the chief desire seemed to be to see the room of Ludy Spencer, in whom, of all the English suite, the Danish interest and admiration appears to centre. Another large section of the inhabitants of Copen hagen was engaged in a manner quite different from the visitors to the yacht, but one at the same time affording a very practical test of the feeling excited by the R)yal visit. From a late hour on Monday, all Monday night, and at break of day on Tuesday, the crowd of persons anxious to obtain tickets for last night's performance at the opera was growing in numbers, until at last the queue fairly stretched across the spacious K mgens Fytov. Even there the number of the disappointed was very great, for many of those who had purchased tickets did so only with a view of retailing them again, and the consequence wag, as the day advanced, that for tickets which at the bureau had cost 10 marks, or about 43 in England, £1 and upwards was paid in he course of the afternoon. Some few persons more liberally minded towards strangers did indeed con sent to part with their tickets at an advance of 100 or 200 per cent., but were regarded by those in the trade as guided by wholly erroneous principles, and acting probably with ulterior motives. The per- 'ormances commenced at 7 o'clock with a shot comedy called "Intrigues," and shortly after that hour the house was filled in every part, so closely indeed that one had occasion to wish more than once during the evening that the architect, in the views binding him with regard to ventilation, had been less fixed in the idea that he was building for a cold climate. The house is calculated for the accommo- dation of 1,200 people, and on this occasion its cipa city was tested to the utmost. The seats, however, once they have been reached are sufficiently roomy and comfortable. In point of decoration there is not much to bb said. The interior wears a neat, cheer ful appearance, without much attempt at a display; and with regard to lighting there is a curious ar rangement by which the great chandelier is drawn up into the roof during the time that it is desirable to concentrate light upon the stage, and let down again between the acts. The royal party had not been looked for till the commencement of the ballet, but before the first piece, lasting somewhat over half an hour, had been played through they were ob served to enter and take their seats in the royal box at the left hand side of the stage. The visit was understood, and indeed stated, to be a private one; consequently no demonstration of any kind was mado on their entrance. The King sat nest the stage, with the Princess of Wales beside him ; the Queen, in like manner, had the Prince of Wales at her right hand ; he therefore sat nearest the body of the house, in a position where he could be generally seen. The Crown Prince of Denmark and the Princess Dagmar occupied seats in the earns box, a little from the back. In the corresponding box, at the other side of the house, were the Landgrave of Hesse and Prince Htsse of Glucksburg, with the principal ladies in attendance upon the Royal party—namely, the Countess Reventlow, Countess Spencer, Madame Bille, and the Countess de Grey and Ripon. For the other members of the English and Danish suites who were not able to fled room in either State box places were reserved at the ends of the dress circle nearest to their own party. The ballet, in four acts, arranged by Hof-ballet Master Bournonville, and entitled " Valkyrien," commenced about 8 o'clock. t wasadinirabiy put upon the stage, and the plot was calculated to bring in a forcible light before an English mind many of the more prominent tradi• tions and features of the Scandinavian mythology, so entirely distinct from the softer fables current among southern nations. The curtain, upon rising, disclosed one of the messengers of the gods flying through th© clouds with a war trumpet similar in tone to those which the Rey al party the previous day sounded in the Cabinet of Antiquities. This note was always a sure harbinger of war, and, obe dient to the call, immediately appeared a troop of those Daughters of the Air whose occupation it was to flat over the combatants in battle, to imitate their struggles in the higher atmosphere, and to denote with their spears those who were to fall. These had scarely time to fix themselves in the at. tention of the spectators when the clouds, opening suddenly, disclosed the throne of Odin, with its at• tendant ravens, who flew off to execute some mes sage of the war-god. He then, putting off his state, and disguising himself as a bard, prepared to engage in the affairs of men ; and this opening glimpse of the upper regions formed as it were the prelndo to the entertainment. A youn g and an old warrior became after this the leading characters, round whom the action of the piece revolves, They are seen engaged at their or'sons before a miniature Stonehenge; they appear at the Court of an ancient Xing and take service in his armies; they execute with the companions of their contemplated expedition a wild chant du depart, keeping time by clanging their swords upon their shields, and finally their galley is seen ploughing the waves in the distance. Odin seems to have In sug gested, if not compelle d the expedition, oppo sition to the evident reluctance of the Monarch, who is deeply attached to the young chief; but, in his supposed capacity of bird and prophet, his voice must be f ended to. One of the Daughters of the Air, the graceful prinat donna of the corps de Lallet, who has selected the young chief as the special object of her care, tries hard for permission to follow him in his excursion, but Odin will not allow her to depart tiq the war trumpet again an nounces that a feast of ravens is at hand. Then she flits across the see, oud coon •iarivts where he lies prostrate, exhausted by a savage rite, in which, according to the fashion of the time, he has sworn eternal friendship with his older colleague, wound ing his arm and giving the bloody fillet to his col league to wear. He is soon restored by the cordial which she carries, and then discovers that while he slept his companions have fired a town and massa- cred the male inhabitants, the female survivors rushing for shelter to the cave where he has lain. His natural instinct prompts him to kill them too, but his guardian genius reproves him, and he pro tects them instead, incurring in so doing the risk of being killed by his sworn brother, who has fallen into one of those ecstacies of rage in which the Northmen, like the Malays, used sometimes to " run a muck" against all comers. The point where this first adventure is laid does not very clearly appear, but the costume of the peasants points to England or the opposite coast. The next quarter to which their love of roving carries them is to the Island of Sicily, where the young chief, surrounded by gay native companions, gives way to the seductions of women and wine. His old companion remains for a time proof against temptation, re• striding his food to raw flesb, as before. But in time he, too, is persuaded to put on rose•wroaths, and to gird himself with flowers, and one of the most humonronaly-acted scenes in the ballet is where this rude son of the North endeavours to emulate the gambols of the nymphs who dance around him. The Daughter of the Air again appears, and regards with sadness the effeminate life into which her hero has fallen. She brings together the two companions, who are so shocked at each other's altered appear• ance that they tear away their trappings of luxury, and gather round them a band of their old followers just in time to resist a plot of assassination set on toot by the natives. These hem them into a temple, and set fire to the door with logs, but the Danes, rushing through the fire, engage in a hand-to-hand combat with the Sicilians, and against all odds re- deem their character for prowess. Then they turn their steps homeward, and are received by the King with their great rejoieing. Their swords are only too welcome, for at that moment he is engaged in preparations for a great battle, and the ceremony of imparting mystic virtues to the raven standards is performed with due solemnity. The battle takes place :on the stage, archers let fly their arrows, epearmen charge home, and finally a general rush takes place, in which the King is borne along on the arms of his:followers. The Daughters of the Air have a busy time of it now, but their work is effectually done, for the curtain rises on the field of the slain, among whom the young hero is sought for some time in vain. His aerial guardian is in consolable, and swoons in the arms of Odin, but a transformation is on the point of taking place, in which all the chiefs who have been killed rise radiant in Valhalla, to bs welcomed by Odin himself, to wear the star spangled robes, to drink delicious drinks in the halls of the blest, to share in never ending triumphs, and to find themselves in the arms of those who in life exercised so powerful an influence on their fortunes. It may easily be conceived with what interest a piece of this descrip. tion is followed by a Scandinavian audience, how every morsel of antiquarian lore is caught up and appreciated, and hew well the motto over the pro scenium is justified, which says in Danish, El blot til Lyst—that the performances are not intended for amusement alone. For the majority of the Eaglish present there was of course a good deal to guess at, and the narrative of the piece just given is scarcely more than an outline of the numberless details com e prehended in four acts. The beauty of the dresdes, however, the well sustained pantomime, and the continual crowding of the stage with most effective tableaux prevented the interest from flagging for a moment. As a spectacle the Copenhagen ballet may have lacked some of the grandeur of La Scala or the completeness in point of scenery of a few German theatres, but there is one point in which the stage in Denmark stands pre-eminent, and this deserves to be mentioned. Through the measures adopted by the management, to belong to the corps dc ballet at the Hof Theatre, instead of being a reproach is an hon ourable employment. The dresses and dances are such as would be seen with pleasure by many minds which in other capitals rather endure than admire the ballet, The danseteses are brought to the theatre and sent home again in carriages hired by the State; and, lastly, there are pensions for those who have served for a given number of years. At the close of the performances, and as the royal party rose to leave the house, a voice cried out in Danish, " Long live the Prince and Priecess of Wales !" it was an anxious moment, and more than one face among the royal party was listening with evident anxiety for the result of this appeal to a mixed assembly. It came in no doubtful tunes, but in a standing volley of cheers from all parts of the house, again and again repeated, the orchestra, as if catching the general enthusiasms, swelling the uproar with a pas de charge. The Prince and Princess bowed their acknowledgments and retired from the house ; but outside there was even a more astonishing reception, a crowd, roughly estimated at 10,000 to 15,000-801130 estimates place it at 20,000 —persons surrounding the theatre and lining the avenues through which the Royal carriages had to pass. It was necessary for these to pass at a walk ing pace, and both on leaving the theatre and as they drove in the direction of Bernstorf the mani festations of popular enthusiasm were frequent and enthusiastic. This morning, at half-past 11 o'clock, the Royal party paid a visit to the Ethnological Museum, another of the great collections of Copenhagen, occupying a suite of the rooms in the same palace in which the Museum of Northern Antiquities is lodged ; and its neighbour, the Ethnological Col• lection, 15 distinguished by the excellence of its arrangement, due to the exertions of M. Steinhauer, a gentleman holding a responsible appointment under the Government here, end well known in England, where his services i❑ a similar capacity have been duly acknowledged. The idea pervading the museum is to avoid what may be called, for the sake of distinction, the national system, in which the products of a particular country are clubbed together, simply because in successive centuries all those things happen to have had their origin in a particular division of the earth; and, on the con trary, to trace the progress of man's education and culture all over the globe by discovering the stages through which he has passed. With this objeet in view, this department brings together, in the first instance, the weapons, dresses, cull. nary utensils, &c:, of those tribes which know, or in times past have known, nothing of the use of metals ; secondly, illustrations of the pro ducts and made of life of those nations aware of the existence of metals, but not yet in possession of a literature of their own ; thirdly, examples of the relative condition of the countries enjoying both these advantages, and of the uses to which such knowledge is then applied. Ethnological collections made in this spirit are of incalculable and increasing value, because they not only throw light on the his tory of past ages, but preserve some rapidly dis appearing features of the present. Many of the islands, which until comparatively of late were in a savage state, but are now civilised, or partially so, will in a few years be able to discover the shadows of their former selves only in sunk museums. Steam is changing the character of the human race; and it is well that, in doing so, it should help to plane us in possession of the means of measuring by actual relics the vast strides that it is enabling the world to make, and that storehouses should be ready for the treasures that it brings us. The Royal party spent about two hours in examining the museum very olosely, and on taking their leave expressed to the head of the department the satisfaction which tho visit had afforded them. Their Royal Highnesses and suite lunched in one of the rooms of the Palace, and then, passing through the chapel, emerged immediately in the vicinity of the Thorwaldsen Museum, where they spent a great part of the remainder of the afternoon. In the evening they will dine with the Queen Dowager at Sorgenfri. It is not yet settled what is to be done to-morrow morning by the Royal party, but to-marrow even ing the King will entertain at dinner the staff officers of the Burgher Guard, Volunteers, &a., who were to have taken part in the review on Saturday last. The dinner will be given in the Christianshorg Palace, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be present. According to present arrangements the Royal yacht will leave on Saturday next for Stockholm, preceded by the Aurora, and a3companied by the Salamis, to enable the Royal party to comply with the invitation of the King of Sweden to the palace at Stockholm. About eight days will probably be occupied in the Swedish visit, and it is believed that the Prince will then return for a short time to Fre densborg. About this, however, as about all move ments subsequent in point of time to the departure for Stockholm, there appears to be still considerable uncertainty. . _ . Mr A. dosiirig, Secretary of Legation at Copen hagen, has obtained leave of absence, and returns to England with Mrs Gosling. Failure of the Leeds Bank. FORGERIES OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE FOR £BO,OOO. LEEDS, Saturday.—The rumours afloat that Mars. den, the bankrupt ironfounder, who a few days ago absconded from this town, and np to this time has eluded pursuit, had negotiated forged bills of ex change to a great amount through the Leeds Bank ing Company, now in serious difficulties, were un mistakably confirmed to-day under the following circumstances : At the usual sitting of the Leeds magistrates to day, Thomas Scaife, a middle-aged man of rather corpulent habit, was charged with having feloni ously forged and uttered various bills of exchange. The prisoner had been the confidential manager of Marsden, and in that capacity he has by procura tion made himself an accomplice to forgeries the magnitude of which is almost unprecedented. Only two out of at least a thousand cases were for the present inquired into. Mr Bond, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the bank; Mr Granger, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. Mr Walker Joy, oil merchant, said—J.Woodhead Marsden was a debtor to the Leeds Banking Come pany in several thousand pounds. On "Wednesday Marsden was sent for to the bank, Mr Scaife, the prisoner, attended for Marsden. A large bundle of bills were produced bearing the signature "per pro. J. W. Marsden, Thos. Scaife." Amongst them was a bill for £l7l 2s 6d, drawn by Marsden per pro. Scaife, and purporting to bear the acceptance of Geo. Wilson, of Crossland-treet, Holbeck. Prisoner was asked if they were good bills, and he said they were not. He said they were forgeries. On Friday he (witness) had a conversation with the prisoner for more than an hour. Mr. C. Butler, one of the commit tee, said he had better make a clean breast of it, and prisoner replied " Then I will make a clean breast of it, and tell you everything." Seven or eight gentlemen were present—witness, Mr Butler, Mr Bolland, Mr Wailes, and some directors were pass. ing backwards and forwards. Mr Donisthorpe was also in the room. Notes were made by Mr Wailes of what the prisoner said. He (witness) saw pri soner again. A book full of bills was produced, and the prisoner said they were forged. The num• ber of those bills was above a thousand, and they represented upwards of £BO,OOO. The book was numbered up to the extent of a thousand bills. He (Mr Joy) had prisoner apprehended on his own re. sponsibility. He felt as a man of honour that a gigantic fraud had been committed. Mr Irwin—Within what time was this £BO,OOO worth of bills paid into the bank ? Mr Joy—l really cannot tell. The forgeries have extended over years. There are at least £68,000 worth of forged bills ont,and we have at leastiao,ooo of forged bills also in the bank. Mr. Granger—Did prisoner not say to you that Mr. Greenland (manager of the bank) knew all about it ? Mr. Joy—He did. Mr. Granger—Did ho not tell you further that he had no interest in the matter beyond benefitting Marsden ? Mr. Joy—He did. By Mr Barr (magistrates' clerk)—Two bill books were given up, and the prisoner said ali the bills named in one with a clasp were forged. The other book contained entries of customers' bills. Prisoner said all the entries were in his handwriting. Mr Bond—Was Mr Greenland present when these con versations took place? Mr Joy—He was not. Mr Marsden has absconded. Mr Joseph Servant, cashier of the Leeds Banking Com pany, said John W. Marsden had kept en acccunt with the bank for five or six years, and up to the 17th Septem ber. That account was principally managed by Ihe prisoner (Scaife), who was book-keeper to Marsdcn. On the 28 , 11 or April tha prisoner brought to the bank on Marsdea's account bills fir £1,256 19s, among which was a bill (pro duced) for £3OO. At the same time the prisoner produced a payment ticket, dated 38th April, 1864, signed, " J. W, Marsden, Thos. Scaife," which was in the handwriting of the prisoner. On the back was a memorandum in the pri soner's writing of the three bills of exchange, ono of which was the same for £3OO now produced, dated April 27, 1864, drawn as follows :—" Per pro. John W. Marsden, Thos 'Scaife" upon it, and accepted by Messrs. Robert Hudson and Co., colliery owners, Stanley. near Wakefield, payable four months after date to the order of the drawer. The manuscript part of the bill was in the writing of the pri soner, and endorsed by the prisoner as drawn. That bill was presented for payment when due and dishonoured. Mr G. Wilson, gasfitter, Crossland-street, Holbeck, said he had examined a bill £l7l 2s 61, dated the 12th of May, 1861, drawn per pro. John W. Marsden, Thomas Soaife, and purporting to be accepted on the following terms :—" Payable at Messrs. William Deacon and Co., hankers, L')ndon. George Wilson." No part of that ac ceptance was in witness's handwriting, He never had any transactions with Marsden or the prisoner, and there was no other George Wilson in Croseland-street, Holbeck. He did not know either Marsden or the prisoner. He first heard of this forgery on the 22d. Mr. R. J. Hudson, Moorville, near Otley, partner in a colliery at Stanley, near Wakefield, under the firm of Robert Hudson and Co., said a bill of exchange for £3OO, dated 27th April, 1864, drawn by J. W. Marsden, had not been accepted by him or his firm. The firm never accepted any bills. After being cautioned, the prisoner said he had nothing :o say at present. He was then committed for trial at the assizes. It is stated that in one of Martden's private drawers were round bills which-had been prepared with a view to obtain mg a further BUM of £lO,OOO by forgeries. COMMERCIAL FAILURES IN LEEDS. (From the Leeds ltite.iligencer ) In consequence of the stoppage on Monday of the busi ness of the Leeds Banking Company two serious failures have been announced in Leeds—that of Messrs. Saalfield Brothers, woollen brokers and shippers, Cookridge-street, and that of Mr, John Woodhead Marsden, iron merchant and machine maker, of Leeds, Holbeck, Castlefurd, and London. As to Messrs. Saalfield's liabilities there is no doubt that they will be very large—far beyond £100,000; but the real state of affairs cannot be yet kru.wn yet, as sufficient time has not elapsed for the completion of the balance-sheet. The stoppage of this house was a heavy and great discourage ment to many manufacturers who had been expecting to have accounts owing by the firm settled. Instead they found the warehouse door closed against them and a notice posted on it stating that in consequence of the failure of the Leeds Banking Company Messrs. Saalfiald had been coin- pelled to suspend payment. Au attempt was made on Thurs day morning to carry the affairs of M e ssrs.paalfeld into the Bankruptcy Court. Mr J. North, on behalf of Messrs. D. Yewdall and Sons, manufacturers, Caverlery, opened a petition in bankruptcy. The debt of the petitioning credi tors is only £12.5 ; but, on beh alf of the Leeds Banking Company, particulars of demand fo r u p wards of £25,000, giving credit for the bills running , having been served upon the Messrs. Saalfeld. Mr Yewdall , solicitor, has given notice on behalf of Messrs. Saalfeld that the adjudication will be disputed on the ground that no act had been coma of bankruptcy. We are inform ed behalf of the banking company, also that Mr Bond, on mitted by his clients which could be constructed into an act has also given notice of an attempt to dispute any proceedings in Bankruptcy. We may here observe that the difficulties in which Messrs. Saalfeld find themselves have led to the stoppage of their London agent, Mr John Abraham, Aldermanbury, London. The public cannot but wonder how a firm, which a very few years ago compounded with its creditors for 8s in the pound, has obtained so much credit at its bankers. Mr J. W. Marsden's downfall was no s urprise, and when it be came known that the bank had gtoppea it was looked for momentarily. His creditors found that ho had absconded, and it was thought ho had betaken himself to Liverpool, because of letters to a friend which had come into posses. sion of the creditors Yesterday, Mr Holbeck, and Messrs William Turner and David Johnson uliw a ren x i nt under stand, uhCpaoovn. Charles Turner, cloth manufacturer, clo!h . manufacturers, of Leeds, presented petitions for , relief in the Leeds Bankruptcy Court. These failures are t e k hvweureaennnoo owing SUSPENSIONo L t. bankrupts N t op k fe: e clutlhepL P detosi 4 Trt r ooo : pl i rve e a Ecrrh h ui: te a t tes v ebTsll i a n naAhL el assignment,Ttr oAts e t l , Loa . e ti LF l tit )ip consequent t:a,hLsr ei.Ecsq, accommodation trout the Leeds Banking C,irapany. is sail that the ND e b n the failure of the Leeds Banking Company, who hold a q about £lOO,OOO. Messrs. Bond hnd Barwick and Mr Yewdall are the solicitors. We understand, from a reliable quarter, that the winding up of Messrs. Saalteld'a estate is expected to be more favourable than was at first antici pated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, EAST NORFOLK. The first ordinary meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Norwich—Lord Suffield in the chair. The report stated that the act of last session, incorporating the company, sanctioned the construction of a line from Norwich to North Walsham. The engineer had been in structed at once to lay out the line and report as to the cost of it, and the solicitors had been directed to issue notices to the landowners. Lord WODEHOUSE, in moving the adoption of the report, said he considered the application to Parliament an entire success. Having other matters to attend to in London, he should not be able to continue any longer a director, but he would be glad to give every assistance to forward the inte rests of the company. Mr SHEPHEARD seconded the motion, which was agreed to unanimously. The retiring directors were re-elected, and Mr Chamberlin was elected a director in the room of Lord Wodohouse, re• signed. Messrs, Baker and Wright were appointed auditors. The CHAIRMAN stated that be had every reason to hope that the continuance of the line to Cromer would be sanc tioned. ASIICHURCH AND EVESHAM. Captain Tyler, the Government Inspector of Railways, has, after some delay, certified that this line (which has been open for some time past for goods traffic) may be opened for passengers. The difficulty appears to have been the iron bridge over the Avon near Evesham. Tho line will accordingly be formally opened on Saturday next (Oct. 1). REDDITCH AND EVESHAM. This line has been marked out, and the works aro expected to be commenced forthwith. When completed, it will, in conjunction with the Ashchurch and Evesham and Red ditch Railways, form a loop line to the Bristol and Birming ham scciion of the Midland Railway. PORTPATRICK. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at Stranraer; Viscount Dalrymple in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Eun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said it was not quite so favourable as they could wish, owing to the loss of the Irish traffic by the withdrawal of the steamboat be tween Stranraer and Lame. This showed the absolute ne cessityof re-establishing the steamboat service, as they must depend much more on through than local traffic. The cost of the Parliamentary proceedings of the company in the last Session would have been much less had they not encountered the opposition of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, which they had no right to expect. He regretted that the harbour works at Portpatrick were still in an un finished state, as they rendered unremunerative a large por tion of their capital expended on the extension to Port patrick. They had come to an agreement with the Cale donian Railway Company for working the traffic of the line on'very favourable terms. The agreement would shortly be submitted to the shareholders for their approval. Sir W. DUNBAR seconded the motion for the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. . , A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro. 'Deeding% CALLANDEI AND OBAN. A meeting of landowners and occupiers interested in the formation of this proposed railway was held at Oben on Wednesday for the purpose of considering the agreement entered into with the Scottish Central Railway Company. The heads of the agreement were read and confirmed, and resolutions were passed to the effect that the proposed line of railway when constructed would not only be renumera tive to the shareholders, but would confer great benefits on the country through which it was intended to pass. A pro visional committee was formed, consisting of Mr Malcolm, M P., Captain Campbell, Mr Macfio, and Mr Tennant to represent the proprietors: and take the necessary steps for carrying out the undertaking. ILLINOIS CENTRAL. The financial statement of this company for the month of August showed that 26,4'6 acres of land had been sold during the month for 277,293 dols. The sales from the lst of January last to the end of August amounted to 189,880 acres of land for 2,014,561 dole. The cash collected in August amounted to 303,870 dols. In the traffic depart. meat the receipts on the railway for the month of August amounted to 585,434 dols. against 511,305 dols, for the same month last year, showing an increase of 74,120 dols. Federal Recruiting in Europe. Mr Isidor Sigismund, who was formerly in the United States army, and who, after passing a year in Europe, has returned to the United States, has given a long acccunt, published in the Boston Courier, of the way in which the Federal armies are recruited. He says : When :bout to return to the States I formed the acquaintance of a Mr Julian Allen, a Polo, from New York. He informed me that his mission to Europe was for the purpose of assisting emigrants to the United States, as ho said labourers of all sorts were greatly wanted hero, and he would assist those who wished to emigrate to do so. He then desired me to go with an expedition that was then fitting cut at Antwerp, Belgium, and see those men to the port of Boston. A steamship (Beiti,h) was ready to take 426 men, a great deal of which seemed mysterious to me. Making inquiries, Mr Allen informed me that some of those men intended to enlist in the United States army on their arrival here, in c3nee- Treace of which ho wished the whole affair to be ,kept a secret, the steamer being chartered for the purpose, and would tako no other passengers. Accordingly I was introduced to the men, and they were informed that I would . be placed over them, to see thorn safely here. Another man, a Servian, by name of Itadislavowitz, was to act as their "lieutenant," and I was requested by Mr Allen, since many intended to enlist, to drill them on board the steamer on our passage, in order to teach them the command in the English language. They all signed a contract (which but few could read), purporting to be that they bind themselves to take employment on their arrival in the States. We then left Antwerp on July 6. Captain Farmer (an Englishman), commanded the ship Bellona. . . . On July 20 we arrived opposite Deer Island. On tho passage I drilled them regularly, most of them doing it for a pastime. On our arrival opposite Fort 'Warren, seve ral gentlemen came on board, the pilot being previously in structed under no consideration to permit any one to board the ship except the parties concerned, nor should the men have any communication with anyone. A squed of police also came on board, and the men were all landed on Deer Island. The steamer immediately steamed off to New York. On our arrival at Deer Island the truth began to dawn upon us. The men were all placed under a strict vigilance of police, and were informed that they would be mustered into the United States army; that the contracts they had signed before their departure were to that effect, and on anyone demurring, force would be used. An enticement of 100 dole on their being sworn in was also held out to them, and fur ther promises when at Galloupe's Island. Some of the men desired to communicate with their friends in the city, but that they were not allowed to do, their friends being kept in ignorance of their arrival. Their lieutenant, who knew the fact that the men not wishing to be mustered in could not be compelled to do so,and who might have communicated the same to them, was not allowed to stay with the men, tat kept in the House of Correction over night, and the next day sent to the city and run off to New York. This man, who worked very hard in getting the men together and in bringing them here, was promised that he would be well rewarded. He received on stepping into the cars for New York the sum of 20 dole. . . . All the men (with the exception of 24, who were rejected by the surgeon) were then mustered in, 100 dole. paid them, and sent to Galloupo's Island. Some of the men complained to me that furloughs were promised them to come to the city, but none of the promises were kept. No further bounty (but the 100 dole, they received) was given them, and after a short time they were sent off to Fortress Islonroe, and from there they will be sent to: the " front," none of their friends knowing anything about it. * * The facts I am now going to state I vouch the truth of, and am ready to prove them to anyone desiring me to do so. The batch in the steamship Bollona was the second one brought to this city, and consisted of 426 men. The cost of bringing them from the places they started amounts to about 60,000 dols. (in currency), not quite 150 dole. per man. Add 100 dole, paid to each man when mustered in, and which covers all bounty, &e, that makes 250 dole per man, or 100,000 dole for 4CO men. I don't think that any of those men have been sold for less than 000 dole, each—that leaves a balance of 650 par man:net profit. I, who have worked harder than any interested in bringingthe men hero, and subsequently in seeing them off,received the magnificent sum of 100 dole. to liquidate all claims ; and had I not been compelled by the necessity of my expenses while working for those men I would not have accepted the money. The net profits they have made aro as follow :—The whole expense of these 400 men, pay included, amounted to (at 250 dole. each) 100,000 dole. The receipts for them (at 990 dole. each) make 460,000 dole, that leaves 360,000 dole. 1 have seen a letter from one of them, before leaving Gallonpe's Island, which some one had published in the New York Democrat (a German I paper), bitterly complaining of the treatment they received ; that none of the promises made to them have been kept. Another batch arrived yesterday morning, in the ship Gar land, Captain Behrens, with 255 men. She left Antwerp July l 8 The men were all landed before sunrise yesterday morning on Doer Island, where they were strongly guarded. The captain of the Garland informs me that the men, after hav ng left Antwcrp and learned the true object of their going to Boston, gave him a good deal of trouble until he was compelled to off..r to land them on the coast of England, but the men being unable to speak the English language, and perfectly destitute of all means, held a consultation, and at last decided to proceed with the ship and stand their lot. The vessel has not come into dock. Another ship is soon expected. THE COMEDY BY DUMAS, " Mdllo. do Belle lele,' about to be produced at the Hayiniit ket, ie being played al the I heatre Franeala at Baden, Atrocious Murder, On Saturday morning a most cold-blooded murder was perpetrated in a cottage on Chadwell-heath, midway be tween Ilford and Romford, near the main London-road• The unfortunate victim was a woman named Amelia Blunt, verging upon 40 years of age. She had been married many years, and had two grown-up daughters, and up to two or three years since resided somewhere in the north of London. Her husband died about two years ago, and she then came to live in the neighbourhood of Chadwell-heath. She there became acquainted with Francis Wane, a labourer, and they seem to have lived together as man and wife. Wane is described to have been of idle and dissolute habits, and their home was maintained by the industry of the woman, who went out washing. About three months since she left him and engaged herself as a kind of housekeeper to an old man named James Warren, nearly SO years of age, and his son John, who was about her own age, both occupying a cottage an the edge of Chadwell-heath. It seemed that the two were so comfortably cared for that the son John made her a proposal of marriage, which was accepted. The bands were read yesterday week at Dagenham Church for the first time, and she was preparing her wedding dress and making other arrangements fur the marriage, which was fixed to take place in the early part of next week. Wane frequently requested Mrs Blnat to return to him, and on learning that she was about to be married to John Warren he was heard to say that it should not take place, and that he would " do" for her. Unfortunately, however, these were only deemed to be idle threats, and no notice was taken of them. On Saturday morning he wee in a publichouse near the heath, thinking, and in an excited state. While he was in the place the woman Blunt, who had been out marketing, met a woman coming out of the house, In the course of conversation Mrs Blunt made some allusion to her forthcoming marriage, which, no doubt, was overheard by Wane, She then proceeded on her way to the cottage, and, having prepared the dinner, she wont to wash in a kind of little washhouse or lean to, and James Warren, as was his usual custom, took a short walk for half a pint of beer. This was shortly after 10 o'clock. The old man, on his way, called at the house of a grandson, and among other matters spoke of his son's intended marriage, and how comfortable they would be. He returned to the cottage and called " Milly," the name by which they called the deceased. Not receiving any answer, ho went into the washhouse, and there saw her apparently loaning over the copper, as if she had been taking some clothes out of the boiler. lie again called her, and at the same time put his arm partly round her waist to raise her. In consequence Of his feebleness, however, he was unable to bear the weight of the unfortunate woman, and stumbled and partly fell with her. He then found that she was covered with blood flowing from frightful gashes inflicted in the throat and side of the neck. Ho went out of the cottage as quickly as he could and alarmed the neighbours. His grandson James Warren, who occupies a cottage near the heath, with several others at once rushed into the place, and they found that the woman was quite dead. Messengers were instantly despatched for medical men and the police. Mr Bowers and other surgeons residing in the district were soon in attendance. The deceased had received three fearful wounds in the throat and right side of the neck, which ex tended to the vertebra, and divided the main arteries. Her hair was disordered and hanging over her face, as if she had struggled with her murderer, and a portion of the mortar of the copper had been torn away by deceased in her endea vours to get away from her assassin. On the arrival of the police a brief inquiry was sufficient to give a clue to the supposed murderer. As the old man left to get the beer, Wane was seen by some children going in the direction of the cottage. Consequently suspicion at once rested on him. Wane has peculiar, short, almost club feet. This pecularity of footmark at once enabled the police to track the course he had pursued in taking his flight. Po lice constable Dunmow, K 371, and another officer, with James Warren, the grandson, went in pursuit. After a long chase he was seen crossing a hedge into a plantation about a mile from Romford. Dunmow at once ran after him. Wane had lain down on the grass. He was asked if he had been at Chadwell-heath that morning. He said he had not, and the officer then said he should take him into oustody on suspicion of murdering his old sweetheart, Mrs Blunt, It was found that Wane had been in the pond, no doubt for the purpose of washing the blood off his trousers, for he was wet up to above the waist. Portions of the upper part of his dress were spotted with blood, and a piece of his waistcoat had been torn off. He had no cap, and the knife or weapon with which the deed was committed could not be found. The suppos©d murderer was then secured and re moved to Ilford gaol, where the charge of murder was duly entered against him. Mr Sergeant llowie and Mr Inspector Bryce, of the Il- fell district of the K division of police, soon arrived and joined in the examination, to secure the conviction of the guilty party. On examining the garden at the rear of old Mr Warren's house the short footmarks were clearly detected,-showing hew the murderer had got into the wash, house. It is thought that Mrs Bunt was in the act of taking some clothes out of the copper when the villain came hehind her and inflicted the wounds on her throat. Dunmow, the officer, continued his search in the ploughed field above referred to, and in a line with the fcot marks, not more than 30 yards from the cottage, ho found a pig-knife, which had evidently been used in the commis sion of the crime. The blade and handle were bloody, and it is stated that it formerly belonged to some member of Wane's family, and that Wane himself had been in the habit of using it in trimming greens. A most material piece of information, however, was elicited in the course of yesterday. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on Saturday a man named Hunter saw Wane go to a field, and put the knife in his jacket, Wane remarkin g, " You'll hear of something presently." In the course of the search Kir the knife, the pond before alluded to wes dragged, and the missing cap, with a brick in it, belonging to Wane was brought up. It is supposed that he used the cap in wiping the blood cfl his trousers, and then threw it into the water. The prisoner will bo examined before the local magis trates. The usual notice has teen sent to Mr C. C. Lewis, the coroner for Essex, preparatory to an inquest being held. Disgusting and Horrible Brutality to a Sailor Boy. On Saturday evening, at 5 o'clock, Mr John Squarey and ➢Zr George Watson, the chief and second mates of the ship Crouch Brothers, from Demerara, wore brought up on war rants before Mr Partridge, at the Thames Police-court, charged with committing a series of brutal assaults, mingled with tyranny and most disgusting behaviour towards a sailor boy named John Carter, on a voyage from Gravesend to Demerara and back. Mr Chas. Young conducted the prosecution for the crew of the ship ; Mr Joseph Smith defended the prisoners. It appeared from tho opening statement of the solicitor for the prosecution and . the voluminous evidence given that on the 12th May last the ship sailed from Gravesend, There was one man short. The complainant, a delicate lad of 17, who had never been to sea before, whose right hand was crippled, and who was quite unfitted for the sea service, was hastily shipped in the dark as an ordinary seaman and taken to sea with only the clothes he stood upright in and a second pair of trousers. He neglected himself and became very dirty. On the Ist June there were vermin about his person, and the chief mate gave orders to the second mate to cut all the hair off his head, and ordered a boy to put him in a tub of water in which soft soap and soda were mixed. He was stripped and immersed in the tub, and ono of the ap prentice boys was directed to scrub him with a piece of can vas, and this w_as done so roughly that his akin was stripped from many parts of his body. Mr Squaroy superintended this torturing ablution, and repeatedly struck the com plainant across the naked back with a rope. On the same day the chief mate flogged the lad again when he had his clothes on. On the 2d Juno Carter was again stripped by the chief mate's orders. There were some lice on the lad's person, an I the chief mate compelled him to put them in his mouth and swallow them. Several times the lad was ordered to go aloft to the royal yard while the wind was blowing strong, and his life was put in imminent danger. On tho 4th of June the chief mate cut the lad's ear open, and it was sore for seven weeks after wards. The chief mate was also frequently hitting and kicking him, All these facts and others were confirmed by Richard Lamming, who kept a log of the cruelties prac tised on the lad, and by John Macdonald, seamen. The case against the second mate was much worse; he beat the lad on the 2d of June with a piece of wire rope, and made him swallow the insects he took from his person. Tho scars caused by the blows did not heal for three weeks. On another day, and without the slightest semblance of provo cation, he called the lad a fearful name, and kicked him from the poop to the deck, a fall of 8 feet. On another cc. casion he gave him a black eye by a severe blow with a rope. He kept the boy for the whole of one day without food, and made him scrape up 'grease on his knees. He struck the lad on the head with a basket and cut it. There was a bump on his head for some time afterwards. Richard Lamming was allowed to refer to his written log, and said the second mate was always knocking Carter about the face and ribs whenever he came near him, made him swallow lice, beat him with a strand of rope in three places, and called him foul names. On the 6th of June Carter was coiling up a rope on the poop, and the second mate went behind him and kicked him from the poop to the main desk, a height of eight feet, and said, " You son of a I'll skin you alive before I get to Demerara." That night the boy was sent on the bowsprit on the look.. out, although it was stormy, and the sea washing over everything. On the came night the second mate sent him up aloft to the yardarm for a gasket. Tho boy slipped, but caught himself up by a font rope, or he would have been thrown on to the deck and killed. It was was not a place for a boy like him to go aloft. The second mate sent him up again and said " You --, I'll keep you there for a month until you stow that sail." Being a cripple with one hand ho could not stow the sail, and he kept him there three hours and then sent a man up to stow the sail. On the 16th of June the second mate lit his pipe at the binnacle lamp, capsized the lamp and broke it, and spilled the oil on deck. Tho second mate blamed the boy for the accident, and told the captain the lad did it. The second mate sent Carter aloft with the grease pot and kept him there all day without anything to eat. Ho saw Mr Watson strike the boy on the head with a bucket. On the 17th of June the soJnd mate ordered the lad to let go the mizentoptnast staysail down haul. The boy7lid not understand what was meant, and the second in him, struck him, knocked him down, and gave him a black .eye• Mr Partridge said he could not proceed further' with the case that evening. He had beard of a series of gross assaults charged against the defendant, and they -would have to go for trial. Mr Smith said the mates had just been taken out of their ship. and were quite unprepared. Ho asked that the car tain's bail should be taken for them. Mr Charles ,Young objected. Heavy bail ought to be demanded, and 24 hours' notice required. Mr Partridge should require of each defendant his °v s personal recognisance in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each, and 24 hours' notice of bail. The prisoners were then remanded to Clerkenwell until Wednesday next. COUNTRY MARKETS. __---._.-.'-- YORK—SATURDAY. A plentiful supply of wheat on offer from the farmers till°, morning again, and a lair trade was dono, the prices ol last week receding fully is per qr. Of barley a fa ir 01001 but the demand was dull, and is per qr down. Oats 011 were in moderate request, and in favour of buyers. Bea ns a moderate show, and realised about late rates. Wheat, red 3Bs to 41s 1 Oats.... l9s to 23; White do .42s to 45s Beans ..40s to 43; Barley .27s to 32s Peas Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 30s per qr ; flour ) 3 ' 3 to 32s per sack. LEICESTER—SATURDAY. Old white wheat, 44s to 49s ; red, 40s to 44s per 36 stone. New white, 44s to 48s'per 36 stone. Malting barlelt new, 33s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 25s to 275; old 0 838, 30s to 325; now oats, 24s to 27s per 24 stone. 1 301151 old, 41s to 43e per 38 stone ; flour, 34s to 39s . per 20 stone. GRANTHAM—SATURDAY. At our market to-day wheat came well to hand, but the trade was dull, consequently prices were in favour of 9 1 e purchaser. Barley also dull. Oats and beans sold readilY: —Old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 41s to 44s per 36st. I new white, 46s to 488; red, 40s to 435. Malting bar's'', —s to —s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 30s ; oats, old, 238 t) 265; new, 19s tals; beans, 34s to 40s; peas, 34s to 375. NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY. White wheat, from 43s to 515; red whestt, 42s to 466 Barley—malting, 325 to 355 ; grinding, 28s to 295. Oat 9. old, at 26s to 30s Od; new, 23s to 265. Beans Hold at 4 15 to 44s per qr. ; new, —s to —s. Flour, fine, 30s to 325; super, 34s to 39a per 20 stone. NORWICH—SATIT RD There was a fair supply of whe,r, to-day, and trade was dull, at a decline of is per qr on last week's prices. l l _ barley there was an increased supply, and previous price, maintained. Other sorts dull. White wheat. 458 to 46s 1 Red wheat 4 1 s to 49 Malting barley ...35s to-36s I Chevalier barley 33s to 3,1 6 Distilling d 0..... 29s to 30s I Oats.. Flour, 28a Od to Od per sack from the miller. DUBLIN—FRIDAY. A large attendance to-day. A good supply of all sprier corn. Foreign wheat, buyers at a decline of is ;no sellers, Indian corn a speculative inquiry at a little below pellets ideas. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red .. 21 6 to 24 0 Do., new .... oto 0 Barley Oats Do,, black — 0 to 0 s. d. 0. Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 ° o Beans.. . 0 to --s" 0 Bore . Rapeseed u 0 to Bakers' flour .. 14 0 to 20 Indian corn.. 27 0 to 23 ° Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. 0ct. 9. • - via Marseilles dra.xil and Cape Verds, by British packet . Oct. ," oil. Cape of Good Hope, Ascen s i o n, an d St. Helena.. Sep' . . " (Mina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanapton.Oct. 2ne via Marseilles ...Sept. 4'l Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .... --. - Opt. °' India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton ct. 2 0 . . via Marseilles Sept. ‘ l6 India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 4 , ' via Marseilles Oct. 6 ' Portugal.... Oct. `126. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. • via Marseilles Sept. 2 . Newfoundland .. Sept. 2 °' Oporto and Vigo .. . Sept. 26. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... - by U.S. packet.... . 2 a, by Canadian packet. Sept. '''' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } S ep t. 2 61 California. and British Columbia.. ETON COLLEGE.—The vacancy in the LOO T , School assistant-mastership, caused by the resignatio n ° Mr R. H. Balls, has been filled up by the appointme nt Mr Arthur C, James, Fellow of King's College, Cambridg4 fourth classic in the last honour list there. OUR LONDON COMPANIES.—Out of the 82 0 01114 panies which still struggle to keep their heads above water, there are only a few that may be termed wor ki" companies, or companies still possessing trade privilee ° ' There is the Goldsmiths' Company, which still possess the right of assaying all the gold and silver manufactured , on ci of stamping on these metals the hall mark; the APct be i caries, who sell drugs in their hall, and possess the right o r entering shops within their jurisdiction and testing °- adulterations; the Stationers, who claim a certain etiPer intendence over the booksellers ; and the Painter-stain erthr company at the preisent moment exhibiting some spastoods), action in the way of an exhibition of works of their craft° men; and finally, the Gunsmiths, who possess the privilege of trying all the London-made guns. Beyond these, tb companies mainly maintain theit existence on good dialle(9; loving cups, and the power of giving good things away 1 / 1 11 , eluding twelfth-night cakes to themselves annually, bi l° ,: a some fees for attendance, and certain old ceremonies la manner of the election of their officers, which we 611 , fi. ., allude to presently —healthy exercises these, calculated '- extend their longevity to an indefinite period. Of c ourS : there are very few veritable tradesmen to be found sui °n : them ; for instance, the mercers, that stand first arat iu r the twelve great companies, cannot count a single nevi of the craft among its livery I What pretence the Belt and the Fletchers have had to call themselves a at° except it be that of toy-makers, since the days of Ql' e l t o Boss, wo caannot tell. About the beginning of 1 : - 0 Stuart period, perhaps the London coral:ol3.le,, were in the most flourishing condition. Ce rtail: 7 the entertainments they gave to princes were magn igeev q; Their sideboards abounded with curious plate, their hit'd and gardens were on a scale of great magnificence, 61:/fd they formed the centres of little communities, to ich ° ,l they diffused their bounty. The City halls had att ach° to them granaries, well stored, in case of a dearth of ell in the City—a very common occurrence, as but little 1111 grown in the country, and we had mainly to depend ti m o ° that imported from abroad. The corn-metage du levied to this day, is a remnant of the privileges attaci i , i ca to' these City granaries. Depots of coal were also attach 'r to the various halls, to be given in hard seasons to t he P°°, l —and, finally, the almshouses of the craft were asseciblere around them, in which dwelt their almsmen, wh o °te lt called upon to swell the pageants of their companie s on e ll grand occasions. The liveries of the crafts in early days °lc a so bright that they must have made a sight more like tboei; we read of in Italian history than such as we fled axe e tc Englishmen now-a-days. . . . When the Walls le rebuilt—and it is wonderful with what alacrity this 4 done, all the companies occupying their new houses, an going on as of old, within three years of the calamity ~hltcji made a clean sweep of the City—it was done in the °b o y and formal style of the period; and there is not one of ateho now existing, in the many out-of-the-way corners of 0 City, that in way recalls the ancient glories of these fan trading guilds.—Once a Week. [ADTEuTisEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills and ointrnel lt. ; A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inf 1 51131 324 tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion general debility. A few doses of these pills, taken in I11 ' 3 4 ; are an effectual preventive against gout and rheennstl%.. but anyone who has an attack of either should use 1 1° ',1 2 , way's Ointment also, the powerful properties of w 6A combined with the effect of the pills, must infallibly ci f `' - he y cure. These pills act directly on the blood, which t a - pd purify and improve. They also regulate the secretioll!3-0, give tone to the stomach, and thus the whole system 1 % to vigorated, and put into a condition which eflabl es , l oor throw off disease or check its approach. Sold at Pro f ries Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, and by all we d vendors throughout the civilised world. Bt EDEN.—On the 23d inst., at ir Ticohurst hs. Vicarage, t—ii , ariffi of tho Rev. Arthur Eden, of a daughter. DI C° FERGUSON.—On the 24th inst., at 1, Chesham - str eet ' George Ferguson, of Pitfour, of a son. 1 411° GLYN.—On the 24th inst., at 51, 13erkeleyesquar e) Henry Glynn, of a son. Marriage& BENWELL—TOTTENITAM.—On the 221 inst. , at St. I 'loo Cheltenham, Frederick William Benwell, Es F ' 100th Regt., to Marian Frances, daughter of Cornwa lus tenham, BEA., of Cheltenham, e eth WISE—JACKSON.—On the 231 inst, at Saint Ma r g,„ a• f hi ld Plumatead, William C. Wise, M.D , to Ann, 0, 7 c of William Jackson, Eeq., of Shooter's-hill, ILO" Deaths. naingj CLARK.—On the 22d inst ,at N e th erw ood, God si —.ge Thomas Clark, E6q., formerly of Birminghtits' 7 1. *"". eten HAunts,—On the 22d inst., at Countess Weir, na ar Mr. Charles Harris, aged 73. lic ISAACSON.— On the 22d inst. , at Mildenhall, Su—° D. Isaacson, Esq., aged 53. hn KEOGIL.—On the 22d inst., in London, Capta in Keogh, 8.L., late of Dunkirk. , lOW KING.—On the 23d just at Teddington, Edward .2 , late of the 9th Lancers, aged 32. 01 LAMING}.—On the 231 inst„ James Laming. liirchington Hall, Isle of Thanet, a nd late of "2 5, hill west, awed 74. m tler TRISTRAM,—On the 22d inst., at The Thorne, Loodorit bridge, near Bolton, Henry Trie' r m, Esq., 0f aged 85 London : Printed and I'vt.qlalted by WILLIMIAIIVSNO, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at l'ltE SUN vino, no ty Strand, , n the Precinct of the 'Sav o y . 11 the °. MilalVtAX,-- Monday, September 26, ISt% THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1864.